Live auction - fwo_709860 - GREAT-BRITAIN - WILLIAM AND MARY 1/2 Crown 1689

GREAT-BRITAIN - WILLIAM AND MARY 1/2 Crown 1689 XF

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Estimate :	800 €
Price :	400 €
Maximum bid :	400 €
End of the sale :	04 June 2024 18:02:04
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : 1/2 Crown

Date: 1689

Quantity minted : -

Metal : silver

Diameter : 33 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 14,9 g.

Edge : en relief

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire assez agréable, présentant de l’usure mais avec tout de même de beaux bustes. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

Sp.3436

Obverse

Obverse legend : GVLIELMVS.ET.MARIA.DEI.GRATIA.

Obverse description : portraits à droite de Guillaume III et Marie II.

Reverse

Reverse legend : REX.ET.REGINA.MAG.BR.FR.ET.HI..

Reverse description : écus couronnés d’Angleterre, Écosse, Irlande et France, quatre monogrammes formés d’un M et d’un W croisés, au centre armes de la maison de Nassau.

Commentary

Fille de Jacques II Stuart, Marie se marie en 1677 avec le Stathouder et prince d’Orange protestant, le futur Guillaume III.
A la suite de la “Glorieuse Révolution”, Jacques II prend la fuite. Avec l’accord du parlement, Guillaume et Marie deviennent conjointement roi et reine d’Angleterre en 1689..
The daughter of James II Stuart, Mary married the Protestant Stadtholder and Prince of Orange, the future William III, in 1677. Following the Glorious Revolution, James II fled. With the consent of Parliament, William and Mary became joint King and Queen of England in 1689.